Unwanted reboot 2

[J]

I have this problem which I posted about on the 29th. I was then directed to
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];311806 (thanks a
lot!)

The problem is that when i turn off the PC, it reboots instead, so I have to
push the power button. After consulting the link above, I uninstalled
everything except Win XP Home and all the updates. I kept the VGA driver and
motherboard drivers and such, though.
Then I turned off the "restart after error"-thing which allowed me to study
the BSD message, which I have copied below. It is in Danish (isn't that
something you eat?), but some of it will probably still be recognizable to
you English-speaking types!

Der er fundet en fejl, og Windows er blevet lukket ned for at forhindre beskadigelse af computeren.

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Hvis det er første gang, at du har set denne stopfejl, skal du genstarte computeren.
Hvis skærmbilledet vises igen, skal du gøre følgende:

Sørg for at al hardware eller software er korrekt installeret.
Hvis dette er en ny installation, skal du spørge hardware- eller softwareproducenten,
om der er windows-opgraderinger, som du muligvis har brug for.

Hvis problem,et opstår igen, skal du deaktivere eller fjerne hardware eller software, der er installeret
for nylig. Deaktiver nogle indstillinger for BIOS-hukommelsen, f.eks. caching eller afskygning.
Hvis du skal bruge fejlsikret tilstand til at fjerne eller deaktivere

komponenter, skal du genstarte computeren og trykke F8 for at >vælge
Avancerede startindstillinger og derefter vælge fejlsikret tilstand.

Tekniske oplysninger:

*** STOP: 0X00000001 (0X0000002B, 0X00000002, 0XF8847941)


*** kbdclass.sys - Address F8847941 base at F8847000, Datestamp 3d6ddad3

I have no idea what this means. I see the word "IRQ" somewhere, which leads
me to think that there may be some hardware problem. The thing is, though,
that this is the same hardware that I've had all along, namely:

Soltek SL86-SPE2-L
P4 4,6 FSB 800 boxed
512 MB DDR3200
120 GB S-ATA
80 GB IDE
1,44 MB FDD
Pioneer DVD
Plextor CD-writer
Radeon 9200 vivo
340 W PSU
On-board LAN
On-board sound

No PCI-cards, only one RAM-stick, plenty of cooling....

What to do?

TIA, Jonas

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have this problem which I posted about on the 29th. I was then directed to
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];311806 (thanks a
lot!)

The problem is that when i turn off the PC, it reboots instead, so I have to
push the power button. After consulting the link above, I uninstalled
everything except Win XP Home and all the updates. I kept the VGA driver and
motherboard drivers and such, though.
Then I turned off the "restart after error"-thing which allowed me to study
the BSD message, which I have copied below. It is in Danish (isn't that
something you eat?), but some of it will probably still be recognizable to
you English-speaking types!

Der er fundet en fejl, og Windows er blevet lukket ned for at forhindre beskadigelse af computeren.

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Hvis det er første gang, at du har set denne stopfejl, skal du genstarte computeren.
Hvis skærmbilledet vises igen, skal du gøre følgende:

Sørg for at al hardware eller software er korrekt installeret.
Hvis dette er en ny installation, skal du spørge hardware- eller softwareproducenten,
om der er windows-opgraderinger, som du muligvis har brug for.

Hvis problem,et opstår igen, skal du deaktivere eller fjerne hardware

eller
software, der er installeret

for nylig. Deaktiver nogle indstillinger for BIOS-hukommelsen, f.eks. caching eller afskygning.
Hvis du skal bruge fejlsikret tilstand til at fjerne eller deaktivere

komponenter, skal du genstarte computeren og trykke F8 for at >vælge
Avancerede startindstillinger og derefter vælge fejlsikret tilstand.

Tekniske oplysninger:

*** STOP: 0X00000001 (0X0000002B, 0X00000002, 0XF8847941)


*** kbdclass.sys - Address F8847941 base at F8847000, Datestamp 3d6ddad3

I have no idea what this means. I see the word "IRQ" somewhere, which leads
me to think that there may be some hardware problem. The thing is, though,
that this is the same hardware that I've had all along, namely:

Soltek SL86-SPE2-L
P4 4,6 FSB 800 boxed
512 MB DDR3200
120 GB S-ATA
80 GB IDE
1,44 MB FDD
Pioneer DVD
Plextor CD-writer
Radeon 9200 vivo
340 W PSU
On-board LAN
On-board sound

No PCI-cards, only one RAM-stick, plenty of cooling....

What to do?

TIA, Jonas

Below is the corresponding error message in English. I recommend
you start a Command Prompt and run sfc.exe (System File Checker).
I would also try a different keyboard, since the error message
refers to your keyboard driver. Lastly, I would try a different keyboard
country code, e.g. Standard US instead of Danish.

====================================
There was an error and Windows was shut down to prevent any damage
to prevent any damage to the computer.

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen,
restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow
these steps:

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer
for any Windows 2000 updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware
or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.
If you need to use Safe Mode to remove or disable components, restart
your computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then
select Safe Mode.

Refer to your Getting Started manual for more information on
troubleshooting Stop errors.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0X00000001 (0X0000002B, 0X00000002, 0XF8847941)

*** kbdclass.sys - Address F8847941 base at F8847000, Datestamp 3d6ddad3

====================================

 

[J]

Below is the corresponding error message in English. I recommend
you start a Command Prompt and run sfc.exe (System File Checker).
I would also try a different keyboard, since the error message
refers to your keyboard driver. Lastly, I would try a different keyboard
country code, e.g. Standard US instead of Danish.

Again, thanks a bundle!

I will also try uninstalling the keyboard software and see if that works.
But changing the country code will not do me any good, since there are a
number of letters, which we Danes use and which you've probably never seen!

I find the keyboard explanation hard to believe, though. There are probably
close to a million XP systems in Denmark, all of which have a Danish
keyboard. The one I have is a cordless Logitech one, no more than four
months old. Suggesting that the fault lies in the combination of Logitech's
software and the Danish Win XP Home sounds implausible to me.
But I'll try and see what happens.

First let me see what that sfc-thing does...

Jonas

 

[J]

Again, thanks a bundle!

I will also try uninstalling the keyboard software and see if that works.
But changing the country code will not do me any good, since there are a
number of letters, which we Danes use and which you've probably never seen!

I find the keyboard explanation hard to believe, though. There are probably
close to a million XP systems in Denmark, all of which have a Danish
keyboard. The one I have is a cordless Logitech one, no more than four
months old. Suggesting that the fault lies in the combination of Logitech's
software and the Danish Win XP Home sounds implausible to me.
But I'll try and see what happens.

First let me see what that sfc-thing does...

Jonas

Well that didn't work. When I run sfc.exe it tells me to insert the Win XP
Pro SP1 CD! I am running XP Home, not Pro, and have the various upgrades and
service packs from downloads, so no CD!
I then click "ignore" a few hundred times and even try to ctrl+alt+del out,
but that doesn't work, so finally i press the reset button.

I also uninstalled the Logitech iTouch software, but the problem persists.

Please help!

Jonas

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

See below.

seen!

Umlaute werden in vielen Sprachen benützt, inte bara i de nordiska språk!

probably close to a million XP systems in Denmark, all of which have a Danish
Logitech's software and the Danish Win XP Home sounds implausible to me.

While trouble-shooting, one should never dismiss unlikely causes.
They often lead to the real cause of the problem.

Well that didn't work. When I run sfc.exe it tells me to insert the Win XP
Pro SP1 CD! I am running XP Home, not Pro, and have the various upgrades and
service packs from downloads, so no CD!
I then click "ignore" a few hundred times and even try to ctrl+alt+del out,
but that doesn't work, so finally i press the reset button.

I also uninstalled the Logitech iTouch software, but the problem persists.

Please help!

Jonas

At this stage I would decide which course of action is more
appropriate:

a) Live with the problem. It's not such a big deal to press
the power button after a shut-down.

b) Persist, by digging further:
- Boot the machine with a Win2000 CD.
- Select "Install" when prompted, not "Repair".
- Select the existing Win2000 installation when
prompted, and install Win2000 on top of it. This
will preserve your existing settings.

 

[J]

"Pegasus (MVP)" <[email protected]> skrev i en meddelelse

Umlaute werden in vielen Sprachen benützt, inte bara i de nordiska språk!

I know, but that's not what I was talking about! Umlaute (as they are called
in German) are NOT used in Danish and Norwegian. We do, however, have three
vowels, which are unique to these two languages, plus Swedish, Icelandic and
Faroe(?). These are Æ, Ø and Å (which will probably show up weird on PC's
outside Scandinavia).

While trouble-shooting, one should never dismiss unlikely causes.
They often lead to the real cause of the problem.

I know, and you're right. It just seems very unlikely, that's all my comment
was about. A Danish Win XP Home and a Danish keyboard layout should work
together, right? They do for everyone else, mind you!

At this stage I would decide which course of action is more
appropriate:

a) Live with the problem. It's not such a big deal to press
the power button after a shut-down.

Absolutely. I just don't like accepting that as a fact, when I have had Win
95, 98, 98 osr2 and Me work in Danish and with Danish keyboards. Both the 98
osr2 and the Me on this very machine! I just won't accept that the best and
most thoroughly tested OS in the world makes this kind of mistakes on a
completely naked install. No strange third-party "enhancements" or anything.
Just Windows and drivers.

b) Persist, by digging further:
- Boot the machine with a Win2000 CD.
- Select "Install" when prompted, not "Repair".
- Select the existing Win2000 installation when
prompted, and install Win2000 on top of it. This
will preserve your existing settings.

I'm starting to feel like Josef K, here! System File Checker prompts me to
insert the Win XP Pro SP1 CD and you suggest that I use a Win 2000 CD. I am
running WIN XP HOME for Christ's sake!

Penultimately: I would love to dig further and to persist and to boldly go
where no man has gone before. I just don't have a clue how! I would have
loved to have some sort of support hotline or something (afterall, I did pay
for this software) but instead I get directed to this NG. Are you it?
Please understand that I am not being ungrateful or anything. I appreciate
people trying to help. Without you, I'd be screwed. So bottom line: If you
are just some guy or gal helping out a stranger with a problem: Thank you
very, very, very, very much!
If you are a representative from Microsoft: Thank you, but please try again!
The problem hasn't been solved.

Lastly: If I do give up and cross my fingers and take a deep breath and
format the drive and start over (there goes that easter holiday!), how do I
activate my Windows again? Won't Microsoft think that I am trying to install
the same Windows on two machines?

Jonas (feel free to ad a few more "very"s. Seriously!)

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

See below.

språk!

I know, but that's not what I was talking about! Umlaute (as they are called
in German) are NOT used in Danish and Norwegian. We do, however, have three
vowels, which are unique to these two languages, plus Swedish, Icelandic and
Faroe(?). These are Æ, Ø and Å (which will probably show up weird on PC's
outside Scandinavia).

They show up perfectly well on my display. In your previous post you
assumed that respondents had never seen these vowels, thus lightly
dismissing the famous Mr. Ångström. He and his name are well known
all over the world! (Yes, I know, he was Swedish men ändå kallas bokstaven
"Å" ett omljud.)

I know, and you're right. It just seems very unlikely, that's all my comment
was about. A Danish Win XP Home and a Danish keyboard layout should work
together, right? They do for everyone else, mind you!

I never said these drivers were faulty in general. I simply suggested
that you should use standard drivers until you know the cause of
the problem. It is, of course, entirely up to you to follow my suggestion.

Absolutely. I just don't like accepting that as a fact, when I have had Win
95, 98, 98 osr2 and Me work in Danish and with Danish keyboards. Both the 98
osr2 and the Me on this very machine! I just won't accept that the best and
most thoroughly tested OS in the world makes this kind of mistakes on a
completely naked install. No strange third-party "enhancements" or anything.
Just Windows and drivers.




I'm starting to feel like Josef K, here! System File Checker prompts me to
insert the Win XP Pro SP1 CD and you suggest that I use a Win 2000 CD. I am
running WIN XP HOME for Christ's sake!

Sorry, I meant WinXP CD. However, the method is still the same.

Penultimately: I would love to dig further and to persist and to boldly go
where no man has gone before. I just don't have a clue how! I would have
loved to have some sort of support hotline or something (afterall, I did pay
for this software) but instead I get directed to this NG. Are you it?
Please understand that I am not being ungrateful or anything. I appreciate
people trying to help. Without you, I'd be screwed. So bottom line: If you
are just some guy or gal helping out a stranger with a problem: Thank you
very, very, very, very much!

If you're prepared to pay a standard fee then Microsoft are
probably happy to look into the issue. If it's a WinXP problem
then you will get your fee refunded. If the problem relates to
your specific hardware or software then you'll have to pay.

If you are a representative from Microsoft: Thank you, but please try again!
The problem hasn't been solved.

Respondends in these newsgroups are volunteers, not MS staff.
They receive no payment from Microsoft for their efforts.

Lastly: If I do give up and cross my fingers and take a deep breath and
format the drive and start over (there goes that easter holiday!), how do I
activate my Windows again? Won't Microsoft think that I am trying to install
the same Windows on two machines?

Your activation is aware of your hardware configuration. You can
activate it as many times, as long as the hardware remains
more or less the same.

Jonas (feel free to ad a few more "very"s. Seriously!)

Here is a little light reading on Stop Errors:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;130802
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

Seeing that the problem occurs on shutdown, you might also
want to investigate your APM driver (Automatic Power Management).
Have you consulted the home page of your motherboard manufacturer,
especially with respect to APM issues?

 

[J]

They show up perfectly well on my display. In your previous post you
assumed that respondents had never seen these vowels, thus lightly
dismissing the famous Mr. Ångström. He and his name are well known
all over the world! (Yes, I know, he was Swedish men ändå kallas bokstaven
"Å" ett omljud.)

I don't know why, but I assumed that you were American, sorry ;-)
If you were, I think æ,ø and å would show up weird, but then again, what do
I know....
(Æ, ø og å hedder ikke omlyde på dansk.)

I never said these drivers were faulty in general. I simply suggested
that you should use standard drivers until you know the cause of
the problem. It is, of course, entirely up to you to follow my suggestion.

I definitely want to follow your suggestion. Any help is immensely
appreciated! Just please tell me how.

Sorry, I meant WinXP CD. However, the method is still the same.

I guessed as much! Just joking a bit, there... That will be the next thing I
try.
Are you sure all settings and drivers and stuff will remain the same? What
about the programs which I have installed during the last few days?

If you're prepared to pay a standard fee then Microsoft are
probably happy to look into the issue. If it's a WinXP problem
then you will get your fee refunded. If the problem relates to
your specific hardware or software then you'll have to pay.

I am not going to pay for having other people's software checked for flaws!
I should think it was in Microsoft's good interest to weed out all known
issues, be they related directly to their own OS or to its interaction with
other companies' products.
But again, what do I know....

Respondends in these newsgroups are volunteers, not MS staff.
They receive no payment from Microsoft for their efforts.

Well in that case, you are the kind of person to whom my many thanks were
directed! I just love the fact that somebody takes the time out to sit there
all day and help complete strangers with their complicated problems without
receiving any pay whatsoever, either from the people they help, or from the
company, whose support function they perform. I am immensely grateful!

Your activation is aware of your hardware configuration. You can
activate it as many times, as long as the hardware remains
more or less the same.

Great! I thought I had to somehow prove that I'm no trying to rip anyone
off.

Here is a little light reading on Stop Errors:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;130802
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

Thanks. I will study and see if it helps.

Seeing that the problem occurs on shutdown, you might also
want to investigate your APM driver (Automatic Power Management).
Have you consulted the home page of your motherboard manufacturer,
especially with respect to APM issues?

No... But if you say so, I will!
Would that help, if the problem has to do with the keyboard driver, you
think?

If it makes any difference, I have turned off everything related to power
management in BIOS, such as harddisk spin-down, system standby and such.

Again, thanks a million. I really hope that you want to stay and see where
this ends.

Jonas

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I don't know why, but I assumed that you were American, sorry ;-)

I live in Australia.

If you were, I think æ,ø and å would show up weird, but then again, what do
I know....
(Æ, ø og å hedder ikke omlyde på dansk.)

Så vad heter de då på danska?

suggestion.


I definitely want to follow your suggestion. Any help is immensely
appreciated! Just please tell me how.




I guessed as much! Just joking a bit, there... That will be the next thing I
try.
Are you sure all settings and drivers and stuff will remain the same? What
about the programs which I have installed during the last few days?

Yes, I've done it several times. Initially, when I was not sure,
I took precautions by creating a disk image with Acronis
TrueImage.

I am not going to pay for having other people's software checked for flaws!
I should think it was in Microsoft's good interest to weed out all known
issues, be they related directly to their own OS or to its interaction with
other companies' products.

Your keyword here is "other companies", or more generally: "other
parties". There are quite a few cooks stirring this broth: MS, your
motherboard manufacturer, the manufacturers of your adapters,
your various software suppliers, yourself. While MS issues certain
standards, it has no control over them. To accept responsibility for
some beyond one's control is a guaranteed way to go bankrupt.
It would take me less than ten minutes to write a program for you
that would crash your PC. Would you blame Microsoft?

But again, what do I know....




Well in that case, you are the kind of person to whom my many thanks were
directed! I just love the fact that somebody takes the time out to sit there
all day and help complete strangers with their complicated problems without
receiving any pay whatsoever, either from the people they help, or from the
company, whose support function they perform. I am immensely grateful!




Great! I thought I had to somehow prove that I'm no trying to rip anyone
off.




Thanks. I will study and see if it helps.




No... But if you say so, I will!
Would that help, if the problem has to do with the keyboard driver, you
think?

It is unlikely that there is an interaction between the keyboard driver
and APM. On the other hand, your error message mentions a keyboard
driver whereas the shutdown process is affected by APM.

If it makes any difference, I have turned off everything related to power
management in BIOS, such as harddisk spin-down, system standby and such.

Again, thanks a million. I really hope that you want to stay and see where
this ends.

Indeed. I'm curious. If it was my machine then I would get a spare disk
(they're cheap!) and use it to re-install WinXP, with no extras and no
frills. This would establish a base from which I could proceed. Right
now you're forced to grope around, with no sense of direction.

 

[J]

I live in Australia.

But you are Swedish?

Så vad heter de då på danska?

Just vowels like all the others!

Yes, I've done it several times. Initially, when I was not sure,
I took precautions by creating a disk image with Acronis
TrueImage.

Okay, you convinced me. I am going to reinstall on top of the existing
Windows, in the vain hope that everything will work after that.

Your keyword here is "other companies", or more generally: "other
parties". There are quite a few cooks stirring this broth: MS, your
motherboard manufacturer, the manufacturers of your adapters,
your various software suppliers, yourself. While MS issues certain
standards, it has no control over them. To accept responsibility for
some beyond one's control is a guaranteed way to go bankrupt.
It would take me less than ten minutes to write a program for you
that would crash your PC. Would you blame Microsoft?

I guess not...

It is unlikely that there is an interaction between the keyboard driver
and APM. On the other hand, your error message mentions a keyboard
driver whereas the shutdown process is affected by APM.

Hmm... strange. But thanks for translating the BSD gibberish!

Indeed. I'm curious. If it was my machine then I would get a spare disk
(they're cheap!) and use it to re-install WinXP, with no extras and no
frills. This would establish a base from which I could proceed. Right
now you're forced to grope around, with no sense of direction.

In fact, I do have two disks installed, one (C) for the system and programs,
the other (D) for files and stuff. All the stuff from both should be able to
fit on the smaller one, so I suppose I *could* try installing on the other
one....

Anyhow, I'm off to reinstall Windows over the old one. Cross your fingers,
everyone!

Jonas

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

But you are Swedish?

Swiss, with an interest in languages.

Just vowels like all the others! Tack!



Okay, you convinced me. I am going to reinstall on top of the existing
Windows, in the vain hope that everything will work after that.




I guess not...




Hmm... strange. But thanks for translating the BSD gibberish!




In fact, I do have two disks installed, one (C) for the system and programs,
the other (D) for files and stuff. All the stuff from both should be able to
fit on the smaller one, so I suppose I *could* try installing on the other
one....

It would be my preferred method, because it would give me an
installation to play with, with absolutely no risk attached.

Anyhow, I'm off to reinstall Windows over the old one. Cross your fingers,
everyone!

Please keep me posted!

 

[J]

Please keep me posted!

All right, here it is: I've got good news and bad news.

Good news first:
The unwanted reboot problem has gone away.

Bad I reinstalled Windows on top of the old one like you suggested, and lost....
well everything! All settings, including screen resolution, desktop layout,
start menu, etc., all drivers, including chipsset, LAN, sound, graphics,
screen etc., all programs, all Windows updates, all IE updates, all IE
settings including favorites, account name and password, all Outlook Express
settings including mail account, news account, which newsgroups I had
subscriptions to (like this one, which was bloody hard to find again), all
mail in my inbox (NOT good), all sent mail (not good), all deleted mail,
every contact in the address book (also not good) and a partridge in a pear
tree...

Damn!
****-a-doodle-do!
Boo-hoo!

And now I have two folders in "documents and settings" with my name on them,
one called "Jonas" and another one called "Jonas.JONAS-1" which is the new
one I think. Can I delete the old one? Will Windows recognize the other one
if I rename it to "Jonas"?

Will I ever sleep safely at night in the knowledge that everything is fine
with my PC and that my files are safe?

Jonas

Roger Murtaugh: "God hates me!"
Martin Riggs: "Hate him back. It works for me!"

 

[Jay W.]

My computer was doing the same thing but it seemed to
start after I switched to Highspeed Cable. So now I just
unplug the cable modem right before I shut it down. A bit
of a pain...I didn't see a modem on your equipment list.
Are you using a cable modem or DSL? Maybe thats what's
causing the IRQ disconnect. There's got to be a better
way than unplugging the modem...lol! I just couldn't find
one.

-----Original Message-----
I have this problem which I posted about on the 29th. I was then directed to
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb; [LN];311806 (thanks a
lot!)

The problem is that when i turn off the PC, it reboots instead, so I have to
push the power button. After consulting the link above, I uninstalled
everything except Win XP Home and all the updates. I kept the VGA driver and
motherboard drivers and such, though.
Then I turned off the "restart after error"-thing which allowed me to study
the BSD message, which I have copied below. It is in Danish (isn't that
something you eat?), but some of it will probably still be recognizable to
you English-speaking types!

Der er fundet en fejl, og Windows er blevet lukket ned

for at forhindre
beskadigelse af computeren.

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Hvis det er første gang, at du har set denne stopfejl,

skal du genstarte
computeren.

Hvis skærmbilledet vises igen, skal du gøre følgende:

Sørg for at al hardware eller software er korrekt installeret.
Hvis dette er en ny installation, skal du spørge

hardware- eller
softwareproducenten,

om der er windows-opgraderinger, som du muligvis har brug for.

Hvis problem,et opstår igen, skal du deaktivere eller

fjerne hardware eller
software, der er installeret

for nylig. Deaktiver nogle indstillinger for BIOS-

hukommelsen, f.eks.
caching eller afskygning.

Hvis du skal bruge fejlsikret tilstand til at fjerne

eller deaktivere
komponenter, skal du genstarte computeren og trykke F8 for at >vælge
Avancerede startindstillinger og derefter vælge fejlsikret tilstand.

Tekniske oplysninger:

*** STOP: 0X00000001 (0X0000002B, 0X00000002, 0XF8847941)


*** kbdclass.sys - Address F8847941 base at F8847000, Datestamp 3d6ddad3

I have no idea what this means. I see the word "IRQ" somewhere, which leads
me to think that there may be some hardware problem. The thing is, though,
that this is the same hardware that I've had all along, namely:

Soltek SL86-SPE2-L
P4 4,6 FSB 800 boxed
512 MB DDR3200
120 GB S-ATA
80 GB IDE
1,44 MB FDD
Pioneer DVD
Plextor CD-writer
Radeon 9200 vivo
340 W PSU
On-board LAN
On-board sound

No PCI-cards, only one RAM-stick, plenty of cooling....

What to do?

TIA, Jonas



.

 

[J]

"Jay W." <[email protected]> skrev i en meddelelse
My computer was doing the same thing but it seemed to
start after I switched to Highspeed Cable. So now I just
unplug the cable modem right before I shut it down. A bit
of a pain...I didn't see a modem on your equipment list.
Are you using a cable modem or DSL? Maybe thats what's
causing the IRQ disconnect. There's got to be a better
way than unplugging the modem...lol! I just couldn't find
one.


Hello,!

Thanks for your interest in the matter.
I do have a 1 Mbit ADSL, but I don't think that is it, since I've tried
disconnecting everything but the keyboard, mouse and kitchen sink without
effect.

But all that is beside the point. I have reinstalled with all the PITA that
comes with it. Now that I've lost all the things which made me reluctant
towards reinstalling, I no longer have a reason not to go all the way and
format the drive and start over from scratch, which is in fact what I will
do later tonight, just as Pegasus recommended all along.
The only reason I hadn't done so yet, was the prospect of losing all my
settings and stuff. Nothing to stop me now, though.

Guess it's like Baden-Powell said: "What doesn't kill you makes you
stronger" - yeah, right! Tell that to Christopher Reeve. I'm sure he feels a
lot better now!

But to you, and especially to Pegasus: Thanks for all your help! It's been
fun, but I hope we'll never have to do this again!

Jonas

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"Jay W." <[email protected]> skrev i en meddelelse
My computer was doing the same thing but it seemed to
start after I switched to Highspeed Cable. So now I just
unplug the cable modem right before I shut it down. A bit
of a pain...I didn't see a modem on your equipment list.
Are you using a cable modem or DSL? Maybe thats what's
causing the IRQ disconnect. There's got to be a better
way than unplugging the modem...lol! I just couldn't find
one.


Hello,!

Thanks for your interest in the matter.
I do have a 1 Mbit ADSL, but I don't think that is it, since I've tried
disconnecting everything but the keyboard, mouse and kitchen sink without
effect.

But all that is beside the point. I have reinstalled with all the PITA that
comes with it. Now that I've lost all the things which made me reluctant
towards reinstalling, I no longer have a reason not to go all the way and
format the drive and start over from scratch, which is in fact what I will
do later tonight, just as Pegasus recommended all along.
The only reason I hadn't done so yet, was the prospect of losing all my
settings and stuff. Nothing to stop me now, though.

Guess it's like Baden-Powell said: "What doesn't kill you makes you
stronger" - yeah, right! Tell that to Christopher Reeve. I'm sure he feels a
lot better now!

But to you, and especially to Pegasus: Thanks for all your help! It's been
fun, but I hope we'll never have to do this again!

Jonas

Did you check out your duplicate profile folder, as I suggested
in my previous post?

 

[J]

Did you check out your duplicate profile folder, as I suggested
in my previous post?

Sorry, but I don't see any reference to that in any of your posts.

Jonas

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Sorry, but I don't see any reference to that in any of your posts.

Jonas

It seems to have gone astray. Here is what I said:

I don't think you have lost anything:
- Log on under your admin account.
- Rename Jonas-1 to Jonas-1.new
- Rename Jonas to Jonas-1
- Log on under Jonas

 

[J]

It seems to have gone astray. Here is what I said:

I don't think you have lost anything:
- Log on under your admin account.
- Rename Jonas-1 to Jonas-1.new
- Rename Jonas to Jonas-1
- Log on under Jonas

Boo-hoo again. Too late! Already formatted and reinstalled.
But thanks anyway!

Jonas